Explore Bedford Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Bedford plaques & local Bedford history / heritage content through street plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Bedford.
About Bedford
Bedford was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse, and is thought to have been the burial place of King Offa of Mercia . Bedford Castle was built by Henry I, although it was destroyed in 1224 . Bedford was granted borough status in 1165 and has been represented in Parliament since 1265 .
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plaques Walkfo has converted physical plaques into audio files triggered by GPS on a phone when you pass close by on foot, bike, bus or car. You hear Bedford history information & more at the places where they happened, with up-to-date content created by our AI, sourced from trusted history resources such as Wikipedia, local Bedford plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Bedford’s physical Bedford plaque schemes with additional, more detailed information than the writing on the physical plaque. With millions of audio places / virtual plaques created across the whole of the UK, you can explore Bedford the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Bedford plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 84 unique history facts in Bedford plus 13 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Bedford history map for you to explore.”